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Realme X2 beta testers start receiving Android 10 and Realme UI

Posted: 22 Jan 2020 07:23 AM PST

Realme UI is already being pushed to Realme 3 Pro users, but Realme X2 owners are also up for a treat. According to a post on the Chinese side of the company forum, the phone brand is seeding the final update to its early beta adopters, meaning a wider rollout should follow in the next month or so. Realme X2 screenshots The screenshots reveal the name of the package, which is RMX1991_11_C.02, bringing Android 10-based Realme UI. The user interface is basically a redesigned ColorOS 7 with some new features like Personal Information Protection that seeds blank entries to apps,...

Renders of two new budget LG phones leak ahead of imminent release

Posted: 22 Jan 2020 06:37 AM PST

LG promised to turn its mobile division's fortunes around but with the fierce competition out there it's going to be a tough undertaking. Nevertheless, the Korean giant is starting to revamp its lineup and we are now getting our first look at a couple of its upcoming phones. LG L555DL and L455DL Evan Blass (aka @evleaks) tweeted a photo of the LG L555DL and L455DL without any details about their hardware. What we do know is that both will be offered by US prepaid carrier Tracfone. In addition, they feature waterdrop notches and what looks like LG's UX 8.0 on top of Android 9....

Motorola One Hyper is available in Europe

Posted: 22 Jan 2020 05:49 AM PST

The Motorola One Hyper made its debut in December and originally launched in Brazil and the US. Now, Moto's first phone with a 64MP main camera and a pop-up selfie cam is available on the Old Continent as well. You can find it on Lenovo's UK site for £270 and in the Netherlands for €300. It's also available through Dutch retailer Belsimpel, though the same 4/128GB model costs €330 there. The Norwegian site is also selling the phone, but the price is SEK 4,000 (€380). The cost in Finland is similar, €370. We also found the One Hyper on Lenovo's German and French sites, though...

IDC: Samsung and Xiaomi dominate Indian smartphone market in H2 2019

Posted: 22 Jan 2020 05:01 AM PST

IDC has published its report on the Indian smartphone market in the July-November period and it's good news for Xiaomi and Samsung, which remained the top makers in the period. September saw Samsung lose its second place to Realme, but the company sales went down after that and it was fifth for the final two months in the analysis. Its numbers are still amazing for a company that hasn't even had two full years in the market. Market share (%) by Company July 2019 August 2019 September 2019 October 2019 November 2019 Xiaomi 25.47 ...

LG included Desktop mode with its Android 10 update

Posted: 22 Jan 2020 04:13 AM PST

For some reason LG kept this on the hush-hush, but its Android 10 update comes with a custom Desktop mode, similar to the ones offered by rivals Samsung and Huawei. This feature was discovered by Carlos Bagnell while browsing through his updated LG V50 ThinQ 5G. Android 10 has a Google implementation of Desktop mode, but it isn't particularly good. The LG version does a much better version of spanning large displays (though it is itself in need of some polish). Check out Carlos' demo below: Watch #SGGQA 130: FBI iPhone Unlocking, EU Charge Cables, Android 10 on the LG V50 from...

Huawei's EMUI now powers 50 million devices

Posted: 22 Jan 2020 03:36 AM PST

Last month Huwaei said that 10 million phones are already running the Android 10-based EMUI 10. Today, the company took it to Weibo to mark another milestone - 50,000,000 devices from all across the world are on the latest user interface, after a massive OTA update push to global units earlier this month. EMUI 10 was initially introduced on August 9 in China with a system-wide Dark Mode, more responsive interface and faster hardware thanks to some boosters like GPU Turbo 3.0. Huawei also revealed all EMUI 10 devices will be able to link seamlessly to computers for file exchange and...

Apple to begin iPhone 9 production in February, announcement coming in March

Posted: 22 Jan 2020 01:47 AM PST

Apple will begin assembling its lower-cost iPhone 9 in February and make it official in March, as per supply chain sources quoted by Bloomberg. The assembly will reportedly be split between Taiwan-based manufacturers Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn), Pegatron Corp and Winstron Corp. The report claims the iPhone 9 will have an iPhone 8-inspired design with a Touch ID home button, 4.7-inch screen and iPhone 11-matching Apple A13 Bionic chipset. We've seenconflicting reports, which suggest that the lower-cost iPhone 9 will indeed have an iPhone 8-inspired design but omit the home...

Samsung Galaxy M11, M31 and A11 get certified by Wi-Fi Alliance

Posted: 22 Jan 2020 12:46 AM PST

Samsung had great success in the midrange market last year thanks to its revamped A-series and M-series. 2020 is set to deliver even more Samsung phones in that segment and a new set of certifications from the Wi-Fi Alliance gives us some more details about the upcoming Galaxy M11, M31 and A11. The listing reveals all three handsets will run Android 10 but the M11 (model number SM-M115F/DS) and A11 (SM-A115F/DS) will only support single band 2.4GHz Wi-Fi connectivity while the M31 (SM-M315F/DS) steps up to dual-band capabilities. Galaxy M11 and M31 certifications The only...

Honor introduces MagicWatch 2 Limited Edition with striking designs

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 11:31 PM PST

We really liked Honor's MagicWatch 2 when we got a chance to review it. Now the Huawei subsidiary decided to spice it up some more with the release of MagicWatch 2 Limited Edition. It has colorful bands, bezels, and themes, designed by "a number of rising stars in the world of art and graphic design", as Honor puts it. Ficus • Old Walls • One Day • Floral Horse Up until now, there was a limited amount of watch faces in the Huawei Health app, but starting February 2020, 85 entirely new face designs will be available for download. Honor selected them from over 1,400 entries...

New Verizon Fios customers now get free Google Stadia Premiere Edition

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 08:22 PM PST

Just last week, British Telecom became the first European ISP to offer a free Google Stadia membership for customers. Today, Verizon is announcing a similar partnership with the game streaming service from Google. Starting January 29, Verizon Fios (Verizon's home-broadband service provider) will begin offering a Google Stadia promotion for new customers who sign up for Fios Gigabit. New customers will be eligible for a free Stadia Premiere Edition welcome kit with the Wi-Fi controller, a Google Chromecast Ultra, and three free months of Stadia Pro membership that offers game streaming up...

New 2020 Chromebooks get up to 8 years of updates, but not all Chromebooks

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 06:40 PM PST

Today, Google's announced a new update arriving to Chromebooks for Education - like the Enterprise update that came out last year. It also announced that new Chromebooks that Google promises will receive Chrome OS updates until 2028. And now, devices launched in 2020 and beyond will receive automatic updates for even longer. The new Lenovo 10e Chromebook tablet and Acer Chromebook 712 will both receive automatic updated until June 2028. Thanks to an explanation by Android Central, we have a better idea of what the above really means: Though the two Chromebooks are indeed going to be...

First Huawei P40 Pro photos surface

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 05:02 PM PST

The first live photos of the Huawei P40 Pro have been captured and published on Weibo. The original source is Digital Chat, who is fairly well-known on Chinese social media as a tech leaker. However, the original post has since been deleted. Still, nothing can be truly deleted from the Internet, so here are the photos. The first shows the front of the phone - you can just about make out the dual punch hole selfie camera. The status bar is set to black and there's a case, which mostly conceals the curves of the display (you can see the side curve pretty clearly, but the top and bottom sides...

Samsung Good Lock's Android 10-supporting 2020 update coming on February 3

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 03:33 PM PST

Samsung's Good Lock lets you customize the look and feel of your phone's UI. The service has been around since 2016 and has since received regular updates, providing even more customization and tweak options. Each new Android OS update requires a complete rework to the app and with a growing list of Samsung devices now running on Android 10, it was only a matter of time before we got an update to bring Good Lock compatibility for it. According to a new post in Samsung's South Korean community forum the date is set for February 3. The 2020 version of Good Lock will bring support for...

Pocophone F1 stable Android 10 update rollout begins

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 01:59 PM PST

The first reports of Pocophone F1 updating to Android 10 have reached our ears. The update brings the MIUI software up to version 11.0.4.0QEJMIXM and includes the January 1 Android security patch. It seems that it is available for those running stable MIUI 10 as well as those who made the jump to the MIUI 11 stable beta. If you don't see a notification, you can manually check for new updates. You're in for a 1.9GB download. Android 10 (MIUI 11) update for the Pocophone F1 Besides the new major OS version, this update also includes a few small fixes to the notification shade,...

Redmi K30 Pro flexes Snapdragon 865 and 8GB of RAM on Geekbench

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 12:33 PM PST

If you needed any persuasion that the Redmi K30 Pro is happening and that it will be a Snapdragon 865-equipped variant of the Redmi K30, you got it. The Redmi K30 Pro just popped up on Geekbench 5.1 with a Snapdragon 865 and 8GB of RAM and posted a score of 900/3300 single and multi-core, which is a healthy increase over the Snapdragon 855 scores in the 500/2200 ballpark. Naturally the K30 Pro is running Android 10. Xiaomi and Redmi have a populated roadmap of Snapdragon 865 devices on the way. On one hand you've got the K30 Pro arriving soon, then there's the Poco F2 and finally...

Sticker shock: Samsung Galaxy S20 5G lineup pricing revealed

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 11:02 AM PST

The Samsung Galaxy S20 trio will be pricey, especially in its 5G incarnation. The first info on price comes courtesy of Max Weinbach, who is behind the recent torrent of S20 leaks. The (somewhat) good news is that the 4G versions will be cheaper. If you're getting a 4G model, subtract €100 from the price. It's not clear whether you'll have a choice, though, countries where 5G networks are already live may only get the 5G models. Also, the price ranges represent uncertainty and not storage options - this is how much the phones with base storage are expected to cost. Phone ...

2020 iPhone sizes revealed, the big iPhone 12 to be taller than the 11 Pro Max

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 09:44 AM PST

One of the most reputable Apple analysts, Macotakara, dropped an extensive report coming straight from the company's supply chain reveals some key design features along with sizes for the upcoming 2020 iPhones. The report claims that for yet another year, Apple will retain the same design language which is in stark contrast to the previous analysis coming from Ming-Chi Kuo. Anyway, going by today's report, the iPhone 12 lineup will offer the same looks, the 5.4-inch model will be right between the iPhone SE and the iPhone 8 in height while the 6.1-inch model will be somewhere between...

The Samsung Galaxy S20 series will have LTE variants, support page confirms

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 08:52 AM PST

A support page for the Samsung Galaxy S20+ LTE briefly appeared on the company's official Latin America website confirming the existence of LTE versions of the Galaxy S20 lineup. The website listed the Galaxy S20+ with model number SM-G985F, which is different from the SM-G986F model number that belongs to the 5G variant. The same goes for the Galaxy S20 as well - the 5G model is SM-G981F while the LTE counterpart is SM-G980F. Perhaps Samsung will sell its LTE models to markets where 5G rollout isn't up to speed to keep the prices more competitive. But for the US and Korean market,...
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